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(3) Vancouver Canucks Vs. (4) Chicago Blackhawks
Roberto Luongo stopped 126 of 131 shots in Vancouver’s first-round sweep of the St. Louis Blues. He will need to be equally as good in the second round if the Canucks want to defeat Chicago’s high-powered offense.
The problem with Vancouver is that they had 13 of their 30 points come from just three players, and they averaged under three goals per game as a team. If Chicago can shut down the Sedin twins, this might be a short series.
Chicago ran through a very tough and seasoned Calgary Flames team. Nikolai Khabibulin was good and got the job done in the first round. In the four wins, Khabibulin looked unstoppable—in the two losses, well, not so much. He peaked in the series-clinching game six where he stopped 43 of 44 shots.
The Canucks have just three players with at least four points, whereas the Blackhawks have nine. Forget that Chicago has played two more games—their offense appears to be unstoppable. Not too mention their leading scorer is rookie-of-the-year-nominee Kris Versteeg.
Overall, Chicago has way too many weapons to stop.
Prediction: Chicago 4-2
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